### Function

# GLib get_real_name

#### Declaration [src]

    const gchar*
    g_get_real_name (
      void
    )

#### Description [src]

Gets the real name of the user. This usually comes from the user’s entry in the `passwd` file. The encoding of the returned string is system-defined. (On Windows, it is, however, always UTF-8.) If the real user name cannot be determined, the string “Unknown” is returned.

#### Return value

Type: `const gchar*`

The user’s real name.

The data is owned by the called function.
The value is a platform-native string, using the preferred OS encoding on Unix and UTF-8 on Windows.